Google Plus is Susan Alexander from Citizen Kane … modest talent and limited range – but put enough money behind her (and attach her to Kane's billions) and people start to take her …

]]>I just realized something about Google Plus.

Google Plus is Susan Alexander from Citizen Kane … modest talent and limited range – but put enough money behind her (and attach her to Kane's billions) and people start to take her more seriously than they should.

I'll be surprised if more than 2 of you get the reference, let alone agree, but it needed to be said anyway.

I’m not satisfied with the “no drama” phrase – but this link does a better job of explaining what I’m thinking

http://ift.tt/1ooGAy1

What do Kindle, Podcasting, YouTube, etc. all have in common – EXPANDING REACH

What do I think the best way to do it is? – BY LEVERAGING TECH

What do I find most consultants do? Add drama. LET’S ELIMINATED DRAMAS in the process.

So, that’s what I’m thinking. What do you think? Better ways to phrase this? Am I off?

#CT http://ift.tt/1b1f4Rd

]]>http://www.paulcolligan.com/2014/03/04/from-facebook-173/feed/1My Toolbox [Page]http://www.paulcolligan.com/tools/
http://www.paulcolligan.com/tools/#commentsFri, 23 Aug 2013 20:45:34 +0000Paul Colliganhttp://www.paulcolligan.com/?page_id=60436I’ve been meaning to do this a long time – here’s a list of the tools I use across all the different things I do online. This will grow over time but if there is something missing in the list, leave a comment below and I’ll do what I can to add it.

AutomateSales.com: This is the Colligan.com Private Label of the 1ShoppingCart.com Platform. Same product, price, etc.

Clickbank: If you want to sell digital products and you want someone else to handle affiliates, payouts, credit cards, etc … these are the guys. Been around forever – will be around forever.

Shopify: These guys are the next generation of ecommerce. Everything is connected – from the app to your phone to the delivery company to the merchant account. Give these guys a look.

Email

Gmail: I find it just plane silly to use any other platform for email – desktop or device.

Instant Customer: This is where email STARTS. You can capture your email leads 7 DIFFERENT WAYS with Instant Customer and then integrate them with whatever platform you want – or use them to do the emailing as well. Yes, I work for them so consider recommendation accordingly (but also knowtice where my emails to you come from).

1PlaceForEverything.com: My own private label GoDaddy. Everything GoDaddy has, just cheaper and better – and, gosh darn it, I own this one ;-).

News

Feedly: As of this time, I’ve picked Feedly as my replacement for Google News. If you know what the means, great. If you don’t, you need a way to track the sites and news sources that are important to you. This is my platform of choice.

Zite: The best way to describe this is the “Pandora For News.” Tell it what you like and want to read about – it gives you the rest. Thumbs up and thumbs down lets you refine the news it serves you.

Productivity

Evernote: Even the free version is worth more than the stuff most people normally pay for. This link will get you a free month of Premium (for testing, don’t worry, you’re free to go back to the free version).

FancyHands: The “Ubering” of virtual assistants. Tasks bought, in bulk, that smart folk can do for you. Run them through many of your favorite task managers, call it in, email it in, app it in – whatever it is – get it done FAST.

Livescribe: Take notes with a pen and paper that become PDFs, integrate with Evernote and more. This is a game changer on a lot of levels. New version works right with your iPad.

iPad Mini: There are a lot of reasons to consider the iPad Retina over the iPad Mini – but when push comes to shove, I use my iPad Mini more than an hour every day and … my Retina iPad far less.

Kindle Paperwhite: The iPad makes a great reader, but it is still an LCD screen. If you read a LOT on screens, there is nothing like the Kindle E-ink Paperwhite reader. I love mine and use on a regular basis.

Video LC: a complete suite of Video SEO, Analytics and YouTube™ Channel Management tools. The research options made possible by this thing is amazing. Give it a try if video research is important to you.14 day free trial.

]]>http://www.paulcolligan.com/youtubetools/feed/5Hulu on the Xbox – Here’s Howhttp://www.paulcolligan.com/2008/09/01/hulu-on-the-xbox-heres-how/
http://www.paulcolligan.com/2008/09/01/hulu-on-the-xbox-heres-how/#commentsMon, 01 Sep 2008 21:14:15 +0000Paul Colliganhttp://www.paulcolligan.com/2008/09/01/hulu-on-the-xbox-heres-how/The video below is a Qik.com file from my 3g iPhone – not the best video in the world – until you consider it streamed live from a phone.

As you can see in the video, I’m streaming not …

]]>The video below is a Qik.com file from my 3g iPhone – not the best video in the world – until you consider it streamed live from a phone.

As you can see in the video, I’m streaming not just Hulu, but CBS and YouTube straight to me Xbox.

I’ve got my install of Playon running on a Windows XP box – install was a breeze, interface is easy to use and set up.

I can stream Hulu, CBS and YouTube out of the box (including programs longer than 10 minutes – which aren’t on the AppleTV YouTube option). They promise Netflix soon.

Let’s hit a few highlights here:

Despite being more than a year old, there is still no compelling reason to upgrade to Vista. Products like this can quickly, in fact, prevent people from upgrading because they have options that make sense.

The “coming” service that streams Netflix to the Xbox in the Fall dashboard update will require a $50 yearly gold account. Rumor is, once they start charging for it, Playon will cost $30.

If you check out the Playon site, you’ll notice that they support a number of other set top devices as well. This isn’t just an Xbox play. They even promise Wii support soon.

There is the obvious cool geek factor in this post but this product also has some very important implications for our industry.

The jump of television from the computer screen to the television screen is going to get easier and easier. Whereas this doesn’t have the brain dead ease-of-use elements of the Apple TV, this has the potential audience of all game console players – a very big number indeed. The price of the software (if it is in fact $30) is a no brainer to anyone with a box it can run on and install was as simple as this kind of approach could possibly be. By not requiring Vista, they have everyone with a PC in their market.

And they might even help sell a few more game consoles in the process.